getting back in shape

well last week i decided i need to get out of the house, and i really miss working out so i joined baby bootcamp...its pretty cool we run laps with interval training in between...riley on the other hand DOES NOT like it--he hates the stroller, and unfortunately thats the beauty of BBC, you put the kiddos in the stroller and push them along as you run, and make faces at them as you do your strength training...ohwell, hopefully soon he will learn to like the stroller but untill then i think i may go crazy...

oversupply

so after 3 frusterating weeks of nursing Riley, and finally visiting the lactation consultant today i have an answer at least. I have too much breastmilk and it all flows out in 5 minutes, essentially i and flooding Riley with milk and he dosent appreciate it, so he fusses and cries. The LC gave me some suggestions as to how to help fix the quick let down, and assured me that eventually Riley and my milk supply will get in sync with each other, but heres my issue...its been over 3 months already! shouldnt they be in sync by now??? its ok though im thinking that since i dont mind pumping, and since some women have the opposite problem of me maybe i should be a nice person and donate my extra milk (pump after he feeds) to the national milk bank...what do you think?? there are extensive tests i would have to go through to be accepted as a doner, but i really believe that donating (blood, milk, time) if you have it is the best way to rack up those positive karma points...i think i may do it! i wish i could sell it and make some money (and not feel so bad about being a sahm and spending all our money)

today

first of all today is another snowy day here in hillsboro...but today is by far much worse then it has been for the past week, i dont know the real numbers but i think we have gotten at least 6 inches of snow and its still coming down like crazy!!!!

now for something im super proud of and excited about! i put Riley to bed in his crib (for the first time) and he woke up when i put him down but after about 5 mintues of talking to himself he fell fast asleep...IN HIS CRIB, WITHOUT ME HOLDING HIM!!! thank god, i can finally have some adult time while the baby is sleeping!!!!!!

photos!

check out the link to see the photos we had taken the week before christmas...they were expensive, but it was soooo nice to have them come to the house instead of having to pack everything up and go to a studio!!

http://picasaweb.google.com/janetmphillips/Our365Photos?feat=directlink

gdiapers!!!

yay for craigslist!! i just finished buying our stock of gdiapers meds and larges! we now will have enough diaps to last us until Riley is out of diapers!!! i am so excited that i no longer need to shop for diapers out of necesity, now any diapes i buy will be simply because im indulging/splurging on special extras!!!!! im washing the vanilla diaps that i dyed and will post pictures of them as soon as they are washed so the final color is as faded as its going to get!!

ugg

im not really sure why Dan (my husband) keeps me around, i hate cleaning, i hate doing laundry and even though i like cooking sometimes im pretty much too lazy to cook these days...BUT this weekend between dan and i we got all the dishes done and all the dishes done

on another note i have been experimenting with making natural dye's to dye Rileys white gdiaps...as soon as i have them all (3 of them) done and all washed up (so they are the color they will be) i will post pictures. i have one dyed in coffee (which dan and i have shirts from hawaii done like this, and if the diap turns out like our shirts it will look great!), one dyed in grass and spinach, and the other i am hoping to either do in blackberries (if i can find some) or bjlueberries...we will see how it works!

who NEEDS sleep??

certinaly not me...at least that is what Riley seems to think. yesterday we attended ASL playgroup for the first time, and we had a wonderful time. after group Riley and I went to West Linn tio visit a little girl I used to work with and her mom. the whole day was great, i was soooo thankful to get out of the house, but being that we were out all day meant that when Riley napped I couldnt snuggle up with him and nap as well, actually yesterday Riley didnt nap nearly as much as he normally does (and he was still happy). so because of those 2 things i was really hoping that he would sleep for at least 4 hours straight last night, but NO this stinker decided he needed to eat every 1.5 to 2 hours last night....so needless to say IM TIRED!!! we are not leaving our house today and im going to sleep for at least a quarter of the day!